Jordan

Professor Rana Dajani has received a Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Award for the year of 2022 as part of the WEF Davos Agenda, the only winner from the Arab countries chosen from 400 community leaders who have impacted the lives of 722million people

Dana Biosphere Reserve is at 25th place out of 52 in the NY Times ranking of the most prominent and beautiful in the world; it also includes archaeological ruins from the Byzantine, Nabataean and Roman periods and the ancient copper mines in Wadi Faynan

His Majesty King Abdullah visited Juthoor, the Kingdom’s largest afforestation project, launched in 2012 in Karak Governorate to increase green spaces in the country; over 22.000 volunteers have participated in planting trees

The short movie “Tala’ Vision”, written and directed by Jordanian filmmaker Murad Abu Eisheh, has been shortlisted to the Live Action Short Film category for the 94th Academy Awards, the only Arab movie in all categories to be shortlisted

With 33,7 points, the country ranked 155 out of 180 countries - up 23 positions - on the Natural Capital Index of the 2021 Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index issued by SolAbility, a Swiss-Korean sustainable intelligence think-tank

In the frame of the plan for the future of Aqaba in tourism, environment, investment and capacity building, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority is in talks with international tourism and hospitality colleges to make the city a regional hub in the field

Nevin Madi is the first female butcher in the country; she has opened her own shop in Zarqa, also thank to the UNICEF-funded "Azm" project that organized a session for young women to inform them about self-employment services and opportunities

The total number of tourists visiting the country from the beginning of this year until the end of October rose to 1.807.225, an increase by 59.7% in comparison to the same period last year, when the number only reached 1.131.682

Jordan’s Royal Film Commission has nominated the feature-narrative film “Amira” by Mohamed Diab as its official entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony that will be held on 27 March 2022

The Zaha Cultural Centre and a public park reopened in the Tareq area of Amman; renovated upon Royal directives, they are part of a project including 10 other public parks in the capital provided with high quality playground materials and fixtures

HM Queen Rania launched the 24th Designs Handicrafts Exhibition powered by the Jordan River Foundation, in line with the foundation activity which gave enterpreneurial training and employment opportunities more than 520 women last year

The Department of Land and Survey announced that the trade volume in the Jordanian real estate market during quarters 1-3 of 2021 increased by 11% compared to the same period in 2019

The Department of Statistics released its report on unemployment rates for the second quarter of 2021; compared to the Q1, the unemployment rate of males decreased by 1,5%, and it rose for females by 4,6%